Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-19
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ness He likes to tell stories and nothing
pleases him better than to sit up till mid
night in the office Of the Republican head
quarters in Chicago-the Grand Pacific hotel
exchanging views and swapping yarns
with number of his friends He can play
the violin, too, with good deal OF dash and
spirit, and it was in this hotel some years
years ago that saw "Uncle Dick" one even
ing taks from the hands OF . colored mu-
sician black violin and upon it play, to the
liveliest possible time. an old country "break
down" tune The politicians and travelling
u,en who were present formed impromptu
cotillons, and there was plenty of fun.
1t was in Kentucky that Oglesby learned
to play 1.-THE fiddle as he has always called
it and as he calls it to this day. He there
learned several other things, some Of them Of
= great deal more importance Among
them was to hate slavery. He was a slave
himself-to poverty and toll To say that
.he parents of great American were poor
and honest is TO tell fact that was easily
guessed; but Oglesby's parents were very,
very poor, and moreover, when the cholera
swept through the Ohio valley in 1883, Pc
,uliarly fatal throughout that whole region,
he father and mother died within three
laNs. IcdN ihS "a aplSh VI phoiS "Ae&sous
much in the way of property to start them
,ff in life Richard was years old then, and
when the executor auctioned of the estate
If his father. consisting principally Of an
Did colored man called Uncle Tim," who
aad been kept more as a member Of the
family than as q slave, the boy shed
many and hot tears, and in his
brave juvenile way declared that Uncle
.,a,- h,, H.
Kept his promise, too, some dozen years Later,
md the old negro died free. An uncle took
he boy Richard and did the best he could by
lin, but that Was not much, and young
0glesby received but q scant common school
ducation.
Oglesby springs from that stock which
gave so much good blood to several Of the
western states. particularly to southern ILL
aois. There were then in Kentucky two
,lasses-the rich plsnters and the poor
WITHSTAND wide was the gulf between them
The poor men continued for while the un-
squal struggle against wealth backed up
with slavery, and then looked about them for
! new field. Illinois presented many allure
nents, and hither great numbers came
Thus Kentucky gave to Illinois some Of her
best blood and DIost illustrious name& Thus
came Lincoln, Y1ses and Oglesby. In 1856
young Richards uncle settled at Decatur,
and the boy wits sent to learn the carpenters
trade At ~ he began the study Of law
When the Mexican war broke out be went to
he front in the regiment commanded by
Col Baker, who was aferward tilit.i ut
Balls Bluff The gold fever Of ~ sent him
20 the valley OF the Sacramento, where he
OILED ieT TWO years III sarcao oi ricneS' "hich
anne hot. he.ufh'hs 10 hi,ho's ne "Sah 81
NE prsactiee oi Ia" aho ''h'eted L'ohucs. Inc
sery o'slhhinS oi Tue reoeLnoh tound MN III
ne s'uuie as coiohe'' anu peio'e ieesNhs
gr'efous wound al Iorn'h, AZ tne ume
!ho"snt 10 oe mortal ne ma enpyeo tne
pleasure oi FiaihS iito TOT. Donelson NJ tne
,"ad Oh the orieahe "hich mao oorne 'ne
rfnoraoie orun. Oh 'ne pa''h. before to
| 'Snlng IRON the army he WAS n-Aoe . maJor
'enera.
Eee,eH governor IN 1904, ne has since oeen
ohiteu states SENATOR anu has tnree t'tneS
zen re-eieeteH ]" 'he piace ne NO" occupies,
lhu upon WHICH 'he i"'f'S 'n,s e"r tu'e" NJ
sreaI anu fsSuiiai afe'i''ns'oin's. "o'ernoF
osiespy II CONSCIENTIOUS n'an' ana YET ono
VINO strives 10 oe "i.n 'ne majority. MS u.s.
psi.i"n Is e"hls~i'e oi SH'nsSs ana as-
sri'y, Phaoii'y ana s'uooornhess; he Is
Isen lawyer, WIZ an orator IN q niunt ana
>1ecti'e iasiiion' ana as great lover OF good
Hgars as ever zen T''ih' was.
Auo'ner man 70 whom tue aharchise case
'rousn' s"vu aeai VI reputation Is no"
ipous 70 aseehd 'ne 's'icn IN TINS city. 'uase
'uhus .. "ri,he,i, as s'a'e ; attorney IN mi
ago curing Tue mS. 'niee years mas haa thc
'ack ot unehulnpieN opportunities ana tne
| stilluS ~ luiiIoNt tssi cuc u tuefu- l<lke
tuiis ohe.han Oh the sucSfSssiui men OF Cm-
ago, lie Is rum we" Eng nii'o s'orA' tracing
us nhease' however 10 FRENCH ana eish
'ources' ms ieiho'e ancestors living az urh-
iieie' 'iiiase near rars' pu' III physique'
tiei'ai coiiipSs,.'oh, c'niac,er anu .radi'ioiis
ur Is PiSai Ne~ Ems lahoer-a erthoh'er
tnouen himself oln III ~" iork
s,a'e INA. was iot aS"
nc e'uuu Ia" n AAou imam
= Dro~h' VI oeuetsours, Iausn' scnooi IN
osue''spuis a''laely' oauIe OUT 70 Snieaeo
an" "saa VI. Pa.I. m VI nav ~ io.o, was
elec,eJ and in 1854 was elected states ot,or.
ney 10 succeed Charley Reed. who defended
| (;niteau The last three wears have bf,p
busv ones for him. He sentto the ueniten-
tiary .Dutchy- OKeefe. a notoriou, local
baIIo. bo. s,uffer Then came the .Jo,
Nackip case Quickly followed bv three
Italian mur,Ierers. whose fate was death
These were no sooner dispstcbe,l than the
hornh exnloied in Hsymarket and Grinnell
found himself the confer ri the onarcb;s,
,rn.,c,,t;on How ba ,.rformed +ba, d;f-
iicpIt t,sk is well known Surely these
four cas.., Of surnassinc public interest wer,
.rorcb Incl for ON. term as ,nbI;. ,ros.-
cntor but s,,lI another great o,nortunitv
con,o Cr;pneIrs wav. Tbe corrtr ,b;.y..sE
tho ..boodIcrs--wer,, =, h. mad. 20 f.,.l tho
| boI,er of m. I,u and GrinneIi ,xos the man
tn doit Intbis sam, coot conntv ia;l ON
,,,;c, VI, of ,.i,il;,,,io, hos =, rsc,r,I,